Archive for August, 2009

The upcoming price Skype price hike for landlines and mobiles in non-global rate countries gives me more reasons to continue searching for cheaper but efficient VoIP services. Even though I am currently getting the cheapest and most efficient service from a Comfi enabled Xlite softphone, I just cannot stop searching for new services. As the […]

It has been reported that industrial action launched in early July by the three registered trade unions in Nigerian public universities has paralysed teaching, research and administration. Staff grievances include low salaries, lack of university autonomy and more money for research.

As the debate on aid continues, I pause and take a look at the transformation that is taking place in Mwandama village in Southern Malawi. This village was one of the most affected by the drought in 2005. Mwandama and surrounding communities with the population of more than 35,000 became Malawi’s first Millennium villages. The […]

As promised in this post, last Wednesday, 5th August, I went to Shibuya in Tokyo where I attended the Table For Two (TFT) event aimed at raising funds for purchasing the necessary facilities and building a kitchen in Mwandama, Zomba, Malawi. TFT provides meals at a number of primary schools in this area.

The Online Marketing world has seen a lot of fresh developments recently, especially in the Search Engine and the Analytics domain. A lot of new, innovative services have ensured that Google has constant competition in the analytics department also. An exciting new service that I hit upon recently, called KPMRS , is doing just that. […]